Excerpt from Swampscott: Historical Sketches of the Town And our men of the sea have done more than increase their country's wealth. None have been more forward than they to maintain in battle her life and honor. In old colonial times we had our repre sentatives at the siege of Louisburg. Swampscott fired one of those shots heard round the world at Lex ington. Then, in 1812, our fleet helped man the ves sels which disputed successfully with the mistress of the seas, and brought home many a British trophy. Next to our brave men, we are proud of our old can non, bearing the royal arms, which was captured bv the ship Grand Turk, and awarded to Swampscott. After commanding our harbor for many years from vvinnipesikett Hill, it now rests in its appropriate place in l\fonument Square, at the foot of the shaft which commemorates the brave men who in the War of the Rebellion, on sea and land, emulated the deeds of yore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.